Tex. Educ. Code § 21.0488 · Subchapter B. CERTIFICATION OF EDUCATORS
TRADES AND INDUSTRIES EDUCATION CERTIFICATION FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) To the extent that rules adopted under this subchapter require a person seeking trades and industries education certification to hold a license or other professional credential for a specific trade, a person who is a current or former member of the United States armed services is considered to have satisfied that requirement if the person has experience in that trade obtained through military service.
(b) The board may not propose rules requiring a current or former member of the United States armed services who seeks career and technology education certification for a specific trade to hold a credential related to that trade or possess experience related to that trade other than the experience in that trade obtained through military service.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 755 (H.B. 2014), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2015.
Redesignated from Education Code, Section 21.0487 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 24.001(5), eff. September 1, 2017.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.21.htm
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